Period 1

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  • 10,000 BCE

    Neolithic Revolution

    During this time poorer conditions occurred, populations generally had poorer nutrition, shorter life expectancy, and a more labor-intensive lifestyle than hunter-gatherers. Diseases jumped from animals to humans. It also created the domestication of animals
  • 10,000 BCE

    Neolithic Era

    It happened mostly in the middle east, then humans first took up farming. Shortly after people from the Stone Age and other the world also began to practice agriculture.
  • 9600 BCE

    Stone Age

    The stone age happened around 9,600 BCE and lasted around 2.5 million years.Some experts believe the use of stone tools may have developed even earlier in our primate ancestors, since some modern apes, including bonobos, can also use stone tools to get food.
  • 9600 BCE

    Paleolithic Era

    It began in 9,600 BCE just like the stone age. This epoch experienced important geographic and climatic changes that affected human societies
  • 7000 BCE

    Aryans arrive in Indus River valley

    They came from central Asia, this large group of nomadic cattle herders crossed the Hindu Kush Mountains and came in contact with the Indus Valley Civilization.
  • Period: 5000 BCE to 3500 BCE

    Mesopotamian city states established

    Mesopotamian was a land with fertile soil so the people who settled in villages in the area were able to successfully develop agriculture. The farming villages turned into small centers of trade and later grew into Cities, as more people began settling there.
  • Period: 4500 BCE to 1900 BCE

    Sumerian civilization

    This is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, and one of the first civilizations in the world along with Ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley. They invented the wheel, and plow. The farmers in Sumer created levees to hold back the floods from their fields and cut canals to channel river water to the fields. The use of levees and canals is called irrigation, another Sumerian invention.
  • Period: 2334 BCE to 2154 BCE

    Akkadian civilization

    Its the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia, centered in the city of Akkad and its surrounding region. The empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule. The conquered many people to form this Empire.
  • 1800 BCE

    Indus River civilization in decline

    The believed decline was because of climate change. Indus Valley climate grew cooler and drier, and a tectonic event may have diverted or disrupted river systems
  • 1754 BCE

    Hammurabi’s Code

    It is a well-preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code. It was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone pillar that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901.
  • Period: 1700 BCE to 1027 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    It was formed in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium. It was know for its technological advancement and sophisticated craftsmanship in bronze and ceramic, this improved the writing. It also provided advancements in art.
  • 1600 BCE

    Hittites get iron and chariots

    They were an Empire who manufactured advanced iron goods, ruled over their kingdom through government officials with independent authority over various branches of government, and worshiped storm gods. It fell because of the Bronze Age collapse
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1069 BCE

    Height of Egyptian civilization

    Egyptian civilization developed along the Nile River which led the New Kingdom to reach its power under pharaohs
  • 1300 BCE

    Hebrews establish Israel

    They trace their origin to Abraham, who established the belief that there is only one God, the creator of the universe, Abraham, his son Yitshak (Isaac), and grandson Jacob (Israel) are referred to as the patriarchs of the Israelites.
  • 1200 BCE

    Olmec civilization established in Mesoamerica

    They invented the famous Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. They are considered the parent culture of many of the important Mesoamerican cultures that came after, including the Aztec and Maya.
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

    The longest lasting dynasty after the Shang Dynasty. They accomplished bronze work, military technology, including horse-drawn chariots, writing, a calendar, and religion spreading.
  • 1000 BCE

    Bantus migrate to the east and south

    The Bantu-speaking people migrated from Western Africa southward and eastward, spreading out across all of the southern half of the African continent.
  • 1000 BCE

    Phoenicians create an alphabet

    The Phoenician alphabet developed from the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, during the 15th century BC. Before then the Phoenicians wrote with a cuneiform script.
  • 911 BCE

    Assyrian empire established

    They invented the world's first written language and the 360-degree circle, established Hammurabi's code of law. It conquered Mesopotamia and much of the Near East and spread its language, such as Aramaic, and culture throughout its empire.
  • 900 BCE

    Chavin civilization in Andean South America

    This early civilization derives from the great ruin of Chavín de Huántar in the northern highlands of the Peruvian Andes.
  • 630 BCE

    Nebuchadneszzer rebuilds Babylon

    He rebuilt the city with massive walls, a huge temple, and a ziggurat, while extending his rule over the neighboring countries. He captured and destroyed Jerusalem and deported many Israelites in what is known as the Babylonian Captivity.
  • Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE

    Persian Empire established

    The first Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great.The Persians, conquered the Medes and united the Iranian people under one ruler for the first time. Cyrus became the first king of the Persian Empire and went on to establish one of the largest empires in world.
  • 495 BCE

    Golden Age of Pericles

    In Athens, Athenian political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing happens in the golden age
  • 449 BCE

    Persian Wars (Greeks v. Persians)

    Series of wars fought between the Persians and the Greeks. The Persians and king Darius wanted to conquer Greece, Persia wanted more land, the Persians then had marched to Sardis and burned the city.